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If the fucker doesn’t want us to read it this much…

Well the book is good. As in damning. And not just for Mark or Sheryl. Ireland, especially, comes out looking terrible in ways the EU will be most interested in having insider confirmation on (and anyone who’s been following @noybeu’s work will not be surprised by). Will post some highlights tomorrow after I finish reading it.

@aral @noybeu Read it yesterday in one session. Couldn’t put it down. Glad I ditched Facebook years ago. Simply appalling behavior described in the book, and the narrative arc from idealism to disillusion makes it thoroughly believable.

Aral Balkan

@thereisnocat @noybeu People do love a good redemption arc but, just for context, Zuckerberg calling the people who trust him with their data “dumb fucks” came out in 2010.

That said, it’s why I’ve been so vocal in challenging the creation myths of these venture-capital funded startups (that they are started by starry eyed idealists who just want to improve the world and then, somehow, “enshittify”). No, they are shit from day one. Understanding that won’t fix the ones we have but might stop the next one existing. (We still haven’t understood this and that’s why we keep getting surprised and disappointed… over and over and over again.)